May 1, 2015 LONGHORN INVITATIONAL MEET CENTRAL | PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONAL MEET CENTRAL
WACO, Texas - To close out its 2015 regular season, Baylor's track and field teams will have athletes taking part in both the Longhorn Invitational and the Payton Jordan Invitational Saturday.
The majority of BU's team, 47 athletes in all, will compete in Austin for the second time in the outdoor season and on the same track where the NCAA West Preliminary Championships will be held at the end of the month.
Three other women's distance runners, Rachel Johnson, Maggie Montoya and Olicia Williams, will look to secure qualifying marks in Stanford, Calif., at the Payton Jordan meet.
In the latest USTFCCCA rankings, both the BU men and women are ranked No. 11.
At the Longhorn Invitational, Baylor's field athletes will get things underway at 12:30 p.m. CT. Running events begin at 4 p.m. at Mike A Myers Stadium.
Last week, the team competed through a wet and cold Drake Relays, recording five runner-up finishes. Out in California, Johnson and Montoya are slated to run in the 5,000 meters, while Williams will run the 800 meters. Williams will lead things off at 8:17 p.m. CT Saturday, while Johnson and Montoya won't run until 9:54 p.m. and 10:31 p.m. CT.
Johnson currently has the seventh-fastest 10,000-meter time nationally with a mark of 33:11.98. Williams' 800-meter run (2:03.22) at the Michael Johnson Classic was a school record and the fifth-best in the NCAA for 2015.
Outside of collegiate competition, sophomore 400-meter runner George Caddick is taking part this weekend at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. Caddick is scheduled to run on the 4x400-meter relay for his native Great Britain. The preliminary heats for that event are at 6 p.m. CT Saturday evening. This year, Caddick owns the 14th-fastest 400-meter time in the NCAA at 46.10. He has helped BU's 4x400-meter crew to the seventh-fastest time at 3:05.26, along with Richard Gary, Kevin Harris and Brandon Moore.
Along with the four top-20 times mentioned above, Baylor athletes have 10 other marks that currently reside in the NCAA top-20 for 2015.
On the men's side, sophomore Trayvon Bromell has the second fastest 100-meter time in the country at 9.90 and the 11th-fastest 200-meter mark at 20.56. Bryce Grace is in 13th with a 110-hurdle mark of 13.70. In the field events, Felix Obi has the sixth-best triple jump with a school-record leap of 53-3.5 [16.24m].
The men's 4x100-relay squad of Malik Wilson, Kevin Harris, Grace and Bromell are the country's sixth-fastest quartet at 39.22.
For the women, Tiffani McReynolds boasts the country's second-best mark in the 100-hurdles with a time of 12.75. Waco-product Annie Rhodes is tied for sixth in the pole vault with a school-record leap of 14-3.25 [4.35m]. Raena Rhone has posted a 52.50 time in the 400 meters to be 14th nationally. Meanwhile Brianna Richardson is fifth in the triple jump, after a jump of 43-9.25 [13.34m] at the Baylor Invitational. In the shot put, Cion Hicks is tied for 10th with a PR throw of 54-9.25 [16.69m].
After Saturday's meets, Baylor will take next week off, before traveling to Ames, Iowa, for the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, May 15-17.
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